Wire-stretcher



(No Model.)

J. s. RICHARDSON. WIRE STRETGHER. No. 468,991. Patented Feb 1 1892..

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEROME SHIPLEY RICHARDSON, OF IVOODBURY, TEXAS.

WlRE-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.46,991, dated February 16, 1892. Application filed October 20. 1891. Serial No. 409,304. (No model.)

ing at WVoodbury, in the county of Hill and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Tire-Stretcher, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fences, and more especially to the wire-stretching levers adapted to be used in connection therewith; and the object of the same is to improve the construction of such tools.

To this end the invention consists in the tool hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of this tool. The remaining figures show its uses.

Referring to the said drawings, the tool comprises a handle H, which may be of wood, at one end a casting U, roughened, as at R, on its back, having a claw A at its tip standing slightly at an angle to the longitudinal line of the handle and having at its inner end a lateral projection B, the casting being secured on the end of the handle by a transverse bolt 1), and at the other end a casting or ferrule D, forming a tamping-head, from which leads a cord or chain K, having a hook O at its outer extremity, as best seen in Fig. 1. This tool may be of any desired size, length, and weight, and considerable departure from its specific construction maybe made without losing sight of the spirit of my invention.

In Fig. 2 is shown the manner in which this tool is to be used for lifting a post or stake that is to say, its claw is embedded in the side der the post.

of the post or into the ground and passed un- Its projection B rests on the ground or on a stone or block, and the ferrule end is borne down, the result being that the post will be drawn from the ground.

In Fig. 3 is shown a post in side elevation and the manner in which this device is used to draw a nail or a staple therefrom, the manner being practically the same as that just described, except that the post now takes the place of the ground and the staple or. nail takes the place of the post before mentioned,

In Fig. 4 is shown the manner in which the device is used for stretching wire. That is to say, the projection B is placed in ahorizontal line against one side of the post, the claw is engaged with the wire, and the entire tool is turned around said post as though it were a pivot, thereby drawing the claw to the other side ofthe post, as seen in Fig. 4, and stretching the wire. The hook O is then engaged over the wire stretched. The chain K then holds the tool, the wire is stapled, and the tool is removed.

In Fig.5 is shown the manner in which the device isused for tightening a wire already stretched or strung on posts. That is to say, the claw is engaged with the wire, as shown, and the tool is rocked around the post as a' fulcrum, the roughened part B preventing slipping; but the staples holding the wire must be firstloosened or withdrawn, and

tightened again after the tighteningof the wire has been accomplished.

This tool will be found very useful to the builders of fences, as it is light, strong, dura-' 'the other end of the handle, a chain leading from this head, and a hook at its outer extremity.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' JEROME SHIPLEY RICHARDSON. Witnesses:

A. M. LAWRENCE,

GEO. W. MoCLUsKEY. 

